NEW YORK — Yankees players talked amongst themselves in groups on the long flight back to New York from LA on Sunday morning, Aaron Boone walked up to guys to give pep talks. Everyone’s message had ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Don’t expect any of the New England Patriots’ locker room leaders to make a Knute Rockne speech aimed at avoiding a third straight loss when the team visits Houston on Sunday night ...

Longtime Texas A&M trainer and equipment man Billy Pickard had waited years to give his best Knute Rockne speech. Forty years, in fact. On Monday, Pickard got his chance and ran with it. The Aggies ...

If you’re a fan of college football or the University of Notre Dame (or both), the last few weeks have provided a lot of reading material—and perhaps some rage material as well, as the Fighting Irish ...

Second-year coach Jeff Bzdelik of Wake Forest said he can finally put away his Knute Rockne speech, the one that didn't work anyway, during the Deacons' pratfall of an 8-24 season.

Traverse City Central baseball coach Pat McDonald didn't consider his talk as riveting as a Knute Rockne speech or the kind of fiery rhetoric a military commander might use to inspire troops. But let ...